#E6D86D#E6D86D

#E6D86D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.129 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D86D
RGB	rgb(230, 216, 109)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 52.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -8.80, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 54.53, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0267 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.129 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.9512, 67.0410, 24.2473)
Luminance	0.6704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D86D #6D7BE6

analogous

#E69C6D #E6D86D #B8E66D

triadic

#E6D86D #6DE6D8 #D86DE6

tetradic

#E6D86D #6DE69C #6D7BE6 #E66DB8

square

#E6D86D #6DE69C #6D7BE6 #E66DB8

split-complementary

#E6D86D #6DB8E6 #9C6DE6

monochromatic

#B9A720 #DDCA39 #E6D86D #EFE6A1 #F8F4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#E6D86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D86D

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D86D	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 216, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.129 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e39a',
    500: '#e6d86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d86d;
$custom-light: #f0e39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87218,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D86D

secondary

#3E4DB9

accent

#29D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D86D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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